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In your studies you may includes an intership.

1. You must provide a Prof. of the department willing to act as a supervisor. When looking for this Prof. please go by the topic/field of the company ideally matching the research field of the Prof.
2. It must be done in a German company. In case of large companies and upon request to the examination board it may also be done at a European branch. Please note that anyway point [1] must be fulfilled.
3. Duration is defined as “at least 10 weeks”. This means it can be longer, of course, but not shorter, of course.

Please note that work experience form the time before your studys at RWTH may not be recognized.

How to register/get the credit points:

• No registration prior to the internship required.
• You find a supervising Professor of our department.
• You do the internship.
• Afterwards, you make an appointment with your supervisor for an oral presentation.
• The supervisor confirms the internship in your workbook.
• You present the workbook to ZPA and get the CP.

The intership may be exchanged by:

1. An intership in a research center rather than in industry, e. g. in FZ Jülich or a Max-Planck institute or a Fraunhofer institute. Please not you need a supervisor (see above) and an application to the examination board to be permitted to do this.
2. A so-called “second” mini-thesis. The name “second” does not imply that you need to have accomplished your regular “first” mini thesis first. This thesis has to be experimental since it replaces a practical internship! To make it absolutely clear: A pure simulation work or a literature survey are not complying to this rule.You still need to find a Prof. and apply to the examination board.